Gameport doesn't work on XP

Recently I bought a new computer. It doesn't have a gameport, so I installed
my old sound card (Creative SB) in it. Windows (XP Professional) identified
the card and gameport, and installed their drivers. The soundcard really
works now (although I have an audio device included in the motherboard - it's
Intel DG31PR, if it makes any difference). But the gameport doesn't work - it
claims the joystick is "not connected". I tried every solution I found in the
Knowledge Base, but none helped.

Strangely, the soundcard was installed at I/O port 0xD000 instead of 220H.
Windows doesn't let me change it. I checked with Intel, and the motherboard
doesn't assign any I/O ports, so it must be windows (they hinted that it may
be a registery issue). I don't know if it is related to the gameport issue,
as the soundcard itself works fine.

I'll alos comment that these very soundcard and joystick worked on the old
computer.

I'd thank any help.

smlunatick
Thu Apr 17 10:31:03 PDT 2008

On Apr 17, 1:49=A0am, akid <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Recently I bought a new computer. It doesn't have a gameport, so I install=
ed
> my old sound card (Creative SB) in it. Windows (XP Professional) identifie=
d
> the card and gameport, and installed their drivers. The soundcard really
> works now (although I have an audio device included in the motherboard - i=
t's
> Intel DG31PR, if it makes any difference). But the gameport doesn't work -=
it
> claims the joystick is "not connected". I tried every solution I found in =
the
> Knowledge Base, but none helped.
>
> Strangely, the soundcard was installed at I/O port 0xD000 instead of 220H.=

> Windows doesn't let me change it. I checked with Intel, and the motherboar=
d
> doesn't assign any I/O ports, so it must be windows (they hinted that it m=
ay
> be a registery issue). I don't know if it is related to the gameport issue=
,
> as the soundcard itself works fine.
>
> I'll alos comment that these very soundcard and joystick worked on the old=

> computer.
>
> I'd thank any help.

What type of Sound Blaster? ISA or PCI?

Also, did you go into the Game Controller applet in Control Panel?

Gameports are left over from Windows 98 and Microsoft is pushing to
drop this port completely (not sure but Gameports may not exist in
Vista??) Gameport connected devices do not show up in Device
Manager. They seem to only show in the Game Controller applet in
Control Panel.

akid
Mon Apr 21 10:30:01 PDT 2008



"smlunatick" wrote:

> On Apr 17, 1:49 am, akid <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Recently I bought a new computer. It doesn't have a gameport, so I installed
> > my old sound card (Creative SB) in it. Windows (XP Professional) identified
> > the card and gameport, and installed their drivers. The soundcard really
> > works now (although I have an audio device included in the motherboard - it's
> > Intel DG31PR, if it makes any difference). But the gameport doesn't work - it
> > claims the joystick is "not connected". I tried every solution I found in the
> > Knowledge Base, but none helped.
> >
> > Strangely, the soundcard was installed at I/O port 0xD000 instead of 220H.
> > Windows doesn't let me change it. I checked with Intel, and the motherboard
> > doesn't assign any I/O ports, so it must be windows (they hinted that it may
> > be a registery issue). I don't know if it is related to the gameport issue,
> > as the soundcard itself works fine.
> >
> > I'll alos comment that these very soundcard and joystick worked on the old
> > computer.
> >
> > I'd thank any help.
>
> What type of Sound Blaster? ISA or PCI?
>
PCI.

> Also, did you go into the Game Controller applet in Control Panel?
>
Yes. Usually nothing appears there (and then I can add the joystick
manually), and sometimes it identifies it automatically when the applet is
opened. In either case it's listed as "not connected".

> Gameports are left over from Windows 98 and Microsoft is pushing to
> drop this port completely (not sure but Gameports may not exist in
> Vista??) Gameport connected devices do not show up in Device
> Manager. They seem to only show in the Game Controller applet in
> Control Panel.
>
Yet it should still work in XP. I understood that it's missing in Vista.